“Martyn and I shopped together,” says Allene LaPides. “He—without having an ego about it—helped refine my taste and allowed me to take that extra step.”

The breakfast area. “The house was sited to get the ultimate light, without upsetting the land,” notes LaPides.

Photography by Tim Street-Porter

A Herb Ritts photograph of David Hockney holding a portrait of his mother is on a wall in the master bedroom. Above the bed is an 18th-century Japanese table screen purchased by the LaPideses in Japan in the 1960s. The lamps are converted Chinese wine jars.

Photography by Tim Street-Porter

The 7,200-square-foot adobe was designed by Dallas-based architect Gary Koerner.

Photography by Tim Street-Porter

“Allene’s love of horses drove the property’s design,” says Lawrence-Bullard (above, with one of LaPides’s many horses). “I wanted to see them from every room,” she adds.